Short-wave News
Now Aerial for G5SW. Go5sw has discarded its old Franklin aerial and is now equipped with a second uniform-type antenna, which. can be brought inté"use by the throw of & . switch. B.B.C. Receivers.-Correction. A MISPRINT in last’‘week’s notes read, -"Short-wave supetr-sets." This should read "Short-wave super-hets." League of Nations Short-waver. We hear that the League of Nations is progressing well with the construction of its own. short-wave station at Prangins; near Nyon, Switzerland. "Radio-Nations," as the. station is to be called, will have six 130ft. pylons arce for beam transmissions. Short Waves for Warsaw. WARBSAW, which already possesses Europe’s most powerful broadcasting station, may soon be heard on the short waves, using a power of 10 k.w. The wavelength is not yet stated. EAQ, Aranjuez. GHORT-WAVE station BAQ, Estacion Espanol. (HAQ pronounced Ay-ah-koh), on 30.426 metres, sometimes relays in the evenings (mornings here) the pro-: grammes of HAJ7; on other nights the gramophone is used. This station has been heard to describe itself in English as the Socialist Republican transmitter at Madrid. There are several short-wave transmitters. at Aranjuez, which is close to the Spanish capvital, for communication with North. and South America, Russia on 25 Metres. AN English radio journal states that the Russian short-waver heard on about 25 metres is a harmonic of the 20 k.w. station RV59 on 50 metres. The writer in reporting this station several weeks ago mentioned that the programme was the same as that on the higher wavelength. "Radio Goldberg," Java. RaAPr10 GOLDBERG, Sourabaya, Java. broadcast a programme: on 26.5 metres from 10.80 p.m. to 12.30 a.m.. New Zealand summer time, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and at the same time on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday on 104 metres. Reports on reception are welcomed and should be addressed to J. H. Goldberg and Co., Sourabaya, Java . Notes on: Reception, DURING the past week. the mornings have been very poor. One stranger
has been heard several times between 6.30 a.m. and 8 a.m. on about 31.4 metres, but too weak to be certain of the call. Most talk is English with a strong American accent, although some foreign talk has been heard. I think this stranger may be YV5BC, 31.4 metres, Caracas. Venezuela, as the latter part of the call once appeared to be "BC." ‘This station, according to an American list of 8.w. stations, operates from 1 a.m. to 2 am., 3.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m., and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. N.Z summer time. There is very little during the afternoons till after 3 p.m., when W2XAF commences to reach a readable strengthh W8XK, on 25.25 metres, is sometimes audible before this, but closes before reaching good volume. WI1XAZ is another station which usually closes before reaching more than about R3-4, but on Wednesday -they carried on till 5.88 p.m. with an organ recital from the Paramount. Theatre, Springfield, Mass. Volume reached R8-9. Static and gushiness spoilt reception. L, W9XF, and W8XAL came in later in the order mentioned, but during the past few days have been marred by severe static. During the evening a station often heard is ZL2ZX, which, here in Wellington, does not need an aerial. RV15 is almost as loud, although several thousand miles distant. They are usually heard first at about 7.30 p.m., and then almost ° continuously. til] after midnight. English is sometimes heard between 7.30 p.m. and p.m. VK3MBE on Wednesday and Saturday was excellent, being R9 with one stage of audio till nearly midnight. 2M on Sunday was good volume. A stranger on about. 28.7 metres, with orchestral music, was heard on Friday evening at 11.45 p.m. Several items were heard. but no eall was given during this period. Volume R8; gushy. PILW late Saturday evening was excellent at R9 with gramophone records. ‘Radio Saigon, from soon after 11 p.m.. and W8XAL, from about 11.30 p.m., can be depended upon now for good volume.
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Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 21, 4 December 1931, Page 31
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650Short-wave News Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 21, 4 December 1931, Page 31
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